Finally some flying weather

I took this picture of the Skylane and Mt St Helens just before my first flight of the day.  I also flew the Extra 300BP and the Leader.  The weather was great and I had my coat off right after the first flight.  Only one other flyer showed up and I found out later it was his birthday so I wished him "Happy Birthday" on Facebook.

Mt Rainier was showing up very nicely all day.  It sure felt good to get in some airplane flying, I have been flying the helicopters at home but it is not the same.

The jumpers were active today.  They don't seem interested in sightseeing as once the chute opens it looks like a race to the ground.  About one the wind came up like someone had turned on a fan.   I made one very bumpy flight and then we loaded up and headed home.  I checked after we got home and the winds were about twelve mph with gusts close to twenty.  This evening I worked on the P-40 a little, then went out and did some more cutting up of the blow down branches.  I also found some more I didn't know about.  That late snow sure created lots of work for me.